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4 Reales - Ferdinandus V and Elisabet I Burgos
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1506-1566 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the combined personal badges of Ferdinand and Isabella: the yoke (yugo) of Ferdinand and the sheaf of arrows (haz de flechas) of Isabella, interlaced and elegantly rendered in the manner typical of Castilian hammered silver coinage of the Catholic Monarchs. The mintmark B for Burgos appears prominently at the bottom of the inner field, below the devices. The denomination mark IIII is visible at the upper portion of the field. The surrounding legend, separated by pellets and cross stops, reads +REX ET REGINA CASTELE LEGION, proclaiming Ferdinand and Isabella King and Queen of Castile and León, all contained within a beaded circle. |
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Ferdinand and Isabella's joint coinage — the so-called "Reyes Católicos" issues — continued to be struck long after both monarchs were dead, a bureaucratic inertia that persisted through multiple subsequent reigns. Ferdinand died in 1516, Isabella in 1504, yet the Burgos mint carried their effigies forward for decades under Charles I and Philip II, partly because no formal order discontinued the type. The Burgos mint held particular importance as one of Castile's oldest royal minting centers, with privileges dating to the medieval period.
Cal#192 places this among the better-documented of the macuquina-style cobs, though Burgos production is generally less well-attested in surviving records than Toledo or Seville.